GreyPower/Plus50 has
committed themselves to
helping its reader community to find more jobs and
in so doing, enable employers and recruiters to find
these job seekers in a costaffective manner.
GreyPower/Plus50 Jobs is
a member of the VJobs
Partner Network of Virtual
Human Capital (Pty) Limited (VHC), and form part of
a national footprint of partners that include media
partners and commercial
and community radio stations across the country.
How does it work?

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What is a
sneeze?

GREYPOWER/PLUS50 JOB PORTAL

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As a jobseeker, all you have
to do is create your profile
and CV on the GreyPower/
Plus50 Job Portal, and the
unique algorithm matches
jobs to you. As long as the

algorithm has information
about you, it will be matching you to jobs all across
the country, so that other
partners who have job listings that match will also be
displayed to you.
VHC has a number of options, ranging from low cost
monthly subscriptions at
R650.00 (unlimited access) to Pay as You Go
(R12.50 for a contact
search) and R25.00 to
place a job ad on the portal.
Benefits for job seekers:
You control your privacy
settings, hide your CV when
you are employed. When
you are looking for a job
again you update your CV
and make it searchable
again. Furthermore, the
system will send you an e-

mail notification when a new
job matches your qualifications and expertise.
Why register?
VHC has a very unique connection with their community and they have become a
trusted source of information that people actually
want to see and read about.
Now, they are extending that
same service to help South
Africa get more people employed. By joining the VJobs
Network and consequently
various other media partners in South Africa, they
can now also engage with
job seekers and employers
far beyond the boundaries
of their initial reach.
See Plus50 Magazine (Feb./
March ed.) for detailed information.

HOW TO FEEL ON TOP OF YOUR DAY
We all know that getting older
is not for sissies! There is
also a thought in the back of
our minds that getting older
automatically leads to illhealth. Let us ditch these
mindsets and kick start the
new year with a plan for
healthy eating and physical
activity. Let‘s look at a checklist that could make you feel
on top of your day:

Kickstart the new Year
with a health regime

Physical activity: Being moderately active on a daily basis
(30min) leads to a feeling of

well-being and sleeping
better and help keep blood
pressure, cholesterol and
weight right down.
Meals and snack times:
Don‘t skip meals—this will
make you tired. Eat three
small meals, and two
snacks mid-morning and
mid-afternoon.
Water: Dehydration leads to
fatigue and confusion. Aim
to drink 6-8 glasses of liquid a day. Drink water before, during and after exer-

WHAT IS A SNEEZE?
Sneezing (also known as
stemutation) is a normal
response to irritation of
sensitive tissues in the
nasal passages. The irritant
may be pollen, chemicals,
physical stimulation, infection, dust mites that live in
bedding and carpets, or
similar causes.

The sneezing response is a
complex one, involving stimulation of the nasal tissues,
and processing by a ―sneeze
center‖ in a distinct structure
of the brainstem, thought to
reside in the lateral medulla.

eyelid muscles! All this happens automatically.

Researchers at the Cambridge University in the UK
have discovered that blinking
when sneezing is a subconscious reaction given by your
brain in order to prevent bacReceptors there appear to
teria and debris from making
affect the ability to sneeze.
Some of the muscles involved contact with your eyes when
sneezing. If sneezing persist
in a sneeze are the abSome people may sneeze
for more than a couple of
dominal (belly) muscles, the
when they are chilled,
chest muscles, the diaphragm weeks your doctor may check
others when they pluck
that there is no other underlytheir eyebrows. Sneezing is (the large muscle beneath
ing problem with your nose
your lungs that makes you
a reflex. A reflex is where
and may prescribe nasal
your body does something breathe), the muscles that
automatically and is some- control your vocal cords, and treatments to calm down
inflammation.
thing that you have no con- muscles in the back of your
throat. And don‘t forget the
trol over.

GreyPower as an Association
GreyPower is a country-wide non-profit organisation that
was founded in 1995. It is a service and goodwill association for persons of fifty years and older as well as for
those who are unemployed due to early retirement.
Vision and Mission
The vision of GreyPower is to actively promote and develop the dignity, quality of life and social security of its
members in order to enable them to continue functioning as participating responsible and active members of
their communities.
The mission of GreyPower is to keep its members informed about developments that affect their interests
and to support them through specialized information
and guidance to enable them to handle their personal
interests effectively.

We unite and build our future with
our skills and experience

BOOK REVIEW
Title: Halftime: Moving
from Success to Significance .

Author: Bob P. Buford
Price: R156.00
Date: 2009

Publisher: Zondervan
Boxed ed: 224 pages
Background:
According to Bob Buford
broaching midlife does
not have to be a crisis. In
fact, in Half Time , Buford
insists that it is actually
an opportunity to begin
the better half of life. In
the first half a person is

usually busy with ―getting
and gaining, earning and
learning‖, doing what you
can to survive, while clawing your way up the ladder of success.
The second half of life
should be about regaining
control, calling your own
shots, and enjoying
―God‘s desire… for you to
serve him just by being
who you are, by using
what He gave you to work
with‖.
What lies between the
two is ―halftime‖. Buford
argues that whether you
are a millionaire, a manager, or a teacher you will

one day have to transition
from the struggle for success to quest for significance. Halftime, then, is
a quiet moment of deliberate decision-making,
restructuring, and passionate contemplation of
your heart‘s deepest desires.
Buford makes midlife an
introspective journey of
abundance that will unleash God‘s best for you.
Bob Buford is one of
those rare individuals
who has made the transition from focusing on
success to focusing on
significance.